• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Modern led bulbs can do both and then with home assistant you can script it so the color temperature changes through the day as the sun changes.

    In the morning my house is cool light around 6500k and over the day it warms up to about 3k

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        I came here to see if anyone mentioned Home Assistant + Adaptive Lighting. Every single lightbulb in my house is at least a colour temperature bulb and most of them are controlled by Adaptive Lighting. It’s hard to explain just how well it works and how nice it is to have a nook or hallway be ceiling lit and daylight-bright during the day, then warm and cozy by lamplight in the evening.

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          It’s hard to explain just how well it works and how nice it is to have a nook or hallway be ceiling lit and daylight-bright during the day, then warm and cozy by lamplight in the evening.

          Completely agree. I only run it in the living room as it’s north facing and can feel a bit dark.

          Besides the light bulbs being coloured, are they a special kind? I tried to find high CRI lighting and ended up replacing the led strips in a cheap LED panel with Auxmer led strips.

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            1 day ago

            I tend to find that white tone bulbs work better than RGB for getting room lighting right, though you can get RGBWW bulbs which do well at both. Honestly I’m not attached to any specific brand but I’ve had consistently good experiences with IKEA Tradfri and Lidl Silvercrest bulbs, which both work with Zigbee.

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      1 day ago

      They also make bulbs that automatically change as you dim them since a smart bulb may not be practical or even possible everywhere.